Murrow, Edward R.

CBS News correspondent best known for his reporting from London during the 1940 Blitz and his daring denouncement of Senator Joseph McCarthy. In the 1950s he was one of the pioneers of television news with his See It Now and Person to Person programs. The latter show is spoofed in Person to Bunny (Freleng, 1960), complete with his speaking style and ever-present cigarette.